“My thinking hasn’t changed, but to get a player of Jonathan’s caliber… I’m convinced we got a big piece in Jonathan.” -MB
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) June 15, 2017Expectations were large when Jonathan Drouin was acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning for Mikhail Sergachev — perhaps too large, in hindsight. Drouin was immediately thrust into a position that he had never played at the NHL level and expected to carry the offence of a Canadiens team looking to improve upon a first-round playoff exit at the hands of the New York Rangers.